The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for

The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented i

There may be nearly 300,000 waste sites in the United States where ground water and soil are contaminated. Yet recent studies question whether existing technolo

In today's chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pe